Dorothy Day

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News about Dorothy Day, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jun. 22, 2015

Side Street column; Mercedes Sanchez is battling to keep open Church of the Nativity in Manhattan's East Village, which is slated for closure by Archdiocese of New York amid cost-cutting push; Sanchez's tenaciousness brings to mind that of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement who attended Church of the Nativity until her death in 1980. MORE

Nov. 27, 2012

Cardinal Timothy M Dolan, New York’s conservative archbishop, has breathed new life into effort to canonize Brooklyn-born social activist and Catholic leftist Dorothy Day; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, at his urging, has voted to move forward with her canonization cause; he and other conservative Catholics have embraced Day as exemplary modern Catholic who was both committed to social justice and loyal to church teachings. MORE

Nov. 14, 2012

Roman Catholic bishops vote unanimously to support cause of sainthood for Dorothy Day, Catholic convert and advocate for the poor who helped to found the Catholic Worker movement and to advance the church’s teaching on social justice. MORE

Two Staten Island teenagers are accused of setting fire to the last cottage associated with Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement. On Friday, the boys, ages 15 and 14, whose names were not released because of their ages, were arrested...